Covered vessel for cooking and like purposes.



G. L. CASEY.

COVERED VESSEL FOR COOKING AND LIKE PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1912.

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CHARLES L. CASEY, OF CAMBRIDGE, OHIO.

`.( IOVEREID VESSEL FOR COOKING AND LIKE PURPOSES. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

l Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed .T une 28, 1912. Serial N o. 706,367.

T0 all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, CHARLES Il. CASEY, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Cambridge, in the county. of

Guernsey and State of Ohio, have inventedv mestic purposes and more particularly to improvements m coiieeand tea-pots; and

an object of this invention is the provision, in a covered vessel or pot of this character, of an rarrangement of the cover such that a number of the Vessels or pots can be collected or grouped for transportation, pack` age or storage in a minimum of space and p possess stability, when grouped. v

Another object of this invention is t0 provide a covered vessel or pot of this character with an interiorly-arr'anged container or holder the cover for which is the cover of the vessel or potitself and the support for vwhich serves as the support for the cover,

when the container is removed, so that the same cover is adapted equally well for use irrespective of the containers being in place.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of this invention and the best mode now known to me oi applying that principle, Figure 1 is an elevation of a tea-pot, partly broken away to disclose the interior construction; and Fig. 2 is a viewwhich shows a number of tea-pots grouped one -upon another in a vertical series or stack;

The same reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. l

The'body a of the pot is formed with a handle b and, oppositely-disposed thereto, with 'a spout c. In its top the body a is formed with a circular opening or mouth d surrounded or inclosedby the vertical wall or rim e from the bottom of which projects inwardly a ledge f. Upon the latter rests the outwardly-extending ange 97 of a foraminated lcontainer or receptacle g, which serves the purpose of a tea-ball. A cover h formed with. an outwardly-extending ange 71X is provided. The latter tlange rests upon the flange g of the ...container g and servesas a cover therefor@ Furthermore, the ange k is of suchsizeand shapethat it g is removed or omitted, and the cover L then will serve as the cover of the pot alone.

From this arrangement it results that the same covei 71. serves equally well as the teapot cover, whether' the container be in place or not.

,The cover 7L is dished or formed with a recess L centrally-disposed in which is a knob z'. This knob is, therefore, countersunk and its top does not rise above the plane of the flange h and is protected from breakage. Again, this arrangement of the 'cover-knob li' enables the tea-pots to be grouped ready for instant use, one upon another in a vertical series which will possess great stability and occupy a minimum of space, since the bottom of one pot l may be placed over the mouth of another without interference from the knob of the latter. The'bottom of the dpot is formed with a circular recess m adapted to receive the rim e surrounding the mouth of the pot below it, the rim snugly fitting Within the recess. This nesting 'feature is important not only to the manufacturer' or jobber in the matter oi-shipping of large quantities of these ves/sels but Vis arfeature especially valuable where the pots must be kept in a restricted space during an' interval when they are not in use, as in dining-car service. In such service space is obviously a very important consideration; and, since the pots embodied in any covered vessel designed for cooking or other domestic purposes.

I claim: 1 A teapot formed in its bottom with a recess within which'is adapted to fit snuglyv the mouth end of a similar'teapot, and at its top with a mouth surrounded by a rimwall and having at the base of the latter an i I `inwardly-extending ledge; a foraminated tea-container arranged within the pot and readily removable therefrom, said container being formed at its mouth with an outwardly-extending flange shaped to rest upon said ledge; and a cover formed with an outwardly-extending iian e shaped to' fit over and rest upon the container, when the same is in place, and to ange of the tealit over and rest upon said ledge, when the tea-container is removedysaid cover being further formed with a dish-shaped bodyportion and with a knob 'countersunk Within said'body-portion and rising from the bottom of the same; all parts .of said cover, including its knob, lying wholly below the top edge of the rim-Wall surroiinding the mouth of the teapot, and the dishshaped body portion and the knob of said cover lying dopressed Wholly below the flange thereof7 whereby the teapot 'complete is' adapted to form one of a stack of like teapots, substanrially as shown and described.

Signed at Cambridge, Ohio, this :24th day 15 of June, A. D., 1912, in the presence of the two undersigned Witnesses.

CHARLES L. CASEY.

lVitnesses:

JAMES WV. BELL, ELLA MARQU'AND. 

